Airports central to the spread of infection - this will meet you now if you are going to fly

The study is based on previous research that has shown that only 20% of airport visitors have clean hands. If three times as many had good hand hygiene at the airport, the global spread of infection would be announced by almost 70% in the beginning, according to MIT researchers' new calculations. In the video above you also find out the places at the airport where there is the greatest risk of being infected by viruses. With efforts now being made at airports around the world to improve hygiene, the odds look better. At Arlanda, for example, manu- facturers will clean touch surfaces such as pressure displays for check-in, plastic slopes at the safety check and lift buttons. Toilets are cleaned more often and grants are reminiscent of how to wash your hands properly. Should you still pack disposable plastic gloves in your luggage?

- More people are wearing gloves now. If you put it on when you go out and shop it is a very good measure also when you are going out and traveling, says Anna Ericsson, Deputy Airport Director at Arlandamed's travel responsibility.

She says that you will meet staff at the back of complex glass or with a mouthguard / visor, and also invites all travelers to wear mouthguards when they arrive at Arlanda. Some airlines, such as Air France, go even further and conduct a temperature scan before boarding.

- It is up to the airline what happens if you have elevated temperature. But there is a great risk that you will not get board in such cases, warns Anna Ericsson.

Different airports in the world take different measures. At Toronto International Airport, robots are now allowed to disinfect the floors and offer a "disinfection corridor" where passengers and luggage are sprayed with sodium chloride. Usually salted water. To what use?

- No one at all, it's a barapandem theater, public health professor Amir Attaran at the University of Ottawa is buzzing when he is interviewed by radio station 640AM. Don't want to see any disinfection showers at Arlanda.

- Only re-experts say it's the right way to go. But we hard disinfection stations for the hands you can go to. Covid tests for boarding then, which is abroad?

- I've seen some airlines have plans for it. Especially Asian companies that want to offer quick tests. But nothing we have at Arlanda right now, says Anna Ericsson.